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The Victoria surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,989 people carried this name — #5,023 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 43% from 4,899 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,816 people named Victoria live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 586
San Juan 210
Mendoza 186
Tucumán 180
City of Buenos Aires 143
Jujuy 75
Santa Cruz 75
Córdoba 70

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Victoria.

64 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 64
Hauts-de-Seine 30
Bouches-du-Rhône 10
Pas-de-Calais 8
Somme 8
Gard 8
Paris 7
Hérault 6
Aude 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Victoria live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 10
Zurich 7
Solothurn 5
Aargau 4
St. Gallen 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Victoria in American newspapers,
1893–1901.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Victoria
The Grenada Sentinel 1901-02-02
Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Victoria
The Lafayette Advertiser 1894-09-29
Newspaper page from The Neihart Herald carrying the name Victoria
The Neihart Herald 1893-06-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,245,206 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Victoria,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria
    Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548–1611 · composer
  • Vicente Victoria
    Vicente Victoria 1650–1709 · Catholic priest
  • Nicolás Victoria Jaén
    Nicolás Victoria Jaén 1862–1950 · teacher
  • Marritje Victoria d. 1746
  • Enrique Victoria 1925–2018 · screenwriter
  • Alejandro Victoria Mendoza 1939– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Victoria is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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